RushDawg

@TerribleTerabytes you honestly think you know as much about the inner workings of Nintendo as two former employees? Unless you are also a former employee, that is laughable.

@TerribleTerabytes they know far more about the inner workings of Nintendo of America and Nintendo in general to a lesser extent than you or I do.

Here they’re saying that Nintendo would be furious about these leaks. Do you really think you and I would know as much as they do about how Nintendo would react to these leaks? How long did you work at Nintendo?

@olliereynolds VGC doesn’t appear to have corroborated anything. The article you linked to just cites Nate:

@Zeebor15 There's a lot to complain about with LRG, but at the end of the day, customers can rest assured that LRG will ship their orders to them, eventually. That alone puts them head and shoulders above most of the other limited print publishers.

@PinchedCake6 You're technically correct. My broader point was that just because we didn't get a Nintendo Direct on Mario Day doesn't mean we have to wait until June and last year's Directs are proof of this. I misremembered last year's spring Switch 1 and Switch 2 Directs both being in April.

@Grumblevolcano Where are you seeing this reduced price?

@billiybob76 Why? They could have a Nintendo Direct in April. They had two Nintendo Directs in April last year, one for the Switch 1, one for the Switch 2.

@Res462 Nintendo said they have "No Plans" To Use Game-Key Cards For First-Party-Developed Titles". Pokemon Pokopia is not a first-party developed title, so there's no contradiction with them publishing it as a game-key card.

I really hope Duskbloods has some single player content and is on an actual cartridge

@Sonicka I agree that Part 3 will almost certainly come to Switch 2. I am not so sure on what the scale of Part 3 will be though. Given that there was a big drop off in sales from Remake to Rebirth, I could see the scale of Part 3 toned down significantly from Rebirth. After all, who jumps in at Part 3 of a trilogy. Massive sales of Remake on Switch 2 and Xbox could change all this of course, though I personally don’t see this happening.

@PJOReilly Any word on if the Switch 2 version is a true physical cartridge?

@Vyacheslav333 R-Type Tactics is getting a combo pack with 1&2 this year

It’s fantastic IF you dont mind digital games or game key cards. For people who prefer physical games, the Switch 2 has had terrible third party support.

If you prefer your games digitally or don’t mind game key cards then the Switch 2 has a fantastic third party lineup.

If you prefer your games physically, then the Switch 2 has a very disappointing third party lineup.

All games are small enough to fit on a 64GB cart

I bet this gets a proper Switch 2 physical cartridge release. At this point, I am more confident that smaller titles will get Switch 2 physicals instead of titles from AAA publishers like Capcom, SEGA, Square Enix, etc.

For $100, this should have just been a standalone mini console

This DLC was pretty clearly worked on alongside the main game. This should have been free post game content, not paid DLC.

@Quarth @JohnnyMind

That's a fanatic list of the Switch's best shmups; big props for including the far too often overlooked GG Aleste 3!

The only ones I'd add to the list are:

-Cotton Fantasy
-G Darius HD
-Pocky & Rocky Reshrined

Great story! With that said, you absolutely can multi target magic in FFIV too!

Any word on a physical version?

@tektite_captain Seriously! The amount of press they're doing for this game before a release date has been revealed is just ridiculous. Assuming it doesn't get delayed, then it's coming sometime in the next 4 months. Just tell us when already!

@The_Blue_Mage

I expect there to be a Splatoon 4 in the launch year. Splatoon 3 will be 3 years old at that point and they'll want to get as many Splatoon players as possible to upgrade to the new system.

There was a longer wait between Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3, but I believe that this gap was partially due to the pandemic delaying the development of Splatoon 3.

@rjejr

There was only 1 year between Splatoon 1 & Splatoon 2 and it'll probably be around 3 years of Splatoon 3 (fitting) when Splatoon 4 likely launches in year 1 of Switch 2.

Seems fair to me, especially considering games like CoD get a new version ever year.

@SillyG

There will almost certainly be more software updates. Splatoon 3 gets updated every few months with a new season, complete with new weapons, stages, etc. It's also frequently updated for balance, as it's an online shooter.

Hopefully the Japanese version gets a patch with English menus for those who already bought this

If Bayonetta and Snake can make it in their game, then why not Scorpion? Obviously no fatalities, but the rest of his move set could carry over with minor alterations.

@Tarolusa

You say this year’s lineup is “incredibly barren” but we’ve already gotten a Zelda, Fire Emblem, Bayonetta, Advance Wars, Kirby and Metroid game in the first 5 months of the year (and a major Xenoblade DLC). That’s about as packed as a 5 month period can be.

Why is there a Sonic Mania video on this article about Sonic Origins?

@Snatcher

Based on the trailers, it looks like Luigi is captured and Mario needs Peach’s help to rescue him. It makes sense, because Mario is an outsider, while Peach is from the Mushroom Kingdom.

@Xeacons

Based on the trailers, it looks like Peach has to save her kingdom and Mario has to save Luigi, so they’re teaming up.

@bonjong23

In the context of the film, Luigi is captured (and is essentially the “damsel”) and Mario needs help rescuing him. Peach needs to defend her kingdom from Bowser, so their goals align.

@EarthboundBenjy

If you just want the physical game, you should buy from Play Asia or VideoGamesPlus and save some money

Kinda funny that this e3 dis is coming from Reggie, considering it was an e3 presentation that first made Reggie popular with Nintendo fans.

@Handy_Man

3DS definitely. Wii U, not as much since most of its best games have been ported. The few remaining exclusives will shoot up in price, but I imagine that anything with a Switch port will stay pretty affordable.

@ketrac

It’s more likely to be a 92-minute Switch / video game commercial

@ActionPanther

To oversimplify things, the RE2 and RE4 remakes were made by the A-team, the RE3 remake was made by the B-team. I'm fairly optimistic RE4 will turn out great.

Ah yes, the old “buy the version you don’t want and maaaaaaybe we’ll make the version you do want.” A game industry classic!

Wait, what was wrong with Chie in Persona 4? I had her in my party the whole game and she never felt useless.

@SwitchVogel

SEGA/Atlus games drop in price just as fast, if not faster. I’m a massive SEGA fanboy, but I can’t justify buying their games at full price when they’re available for a discount within mere weeks of release. Happened with Sonic Frontiers, SMTV, Persona 5 Royal, etc.

@Serpenterror

Why should your hypothetical Castlevania collection be a Switch / PC exclusive? If they’re going to port old games, they should bring them to all platforms.

Speaking of exclusives, the current rumour is that a Metal Gear Solid 1 remake is coming exclusively to PS5. If the rumour is true, I’d assume Sony is finding the development.

@JaxxDuffer

Portables not being able to run something semi powerful didn’t stop the launch of the Switch in 2017 and it won’t stop the launch of the Switch 2 soon. Switch is coming up on its 6 year anniversary. How many Nintendo consoles have gone 6+ years without a successor? Not many. The Switch’s time is nearly done.

@RPGreg2600

The waiting list isn’t a guarantee. Hopefully they’ll make more available, but they might not. Even if they do, there’s no guarantee that everyone on the wait list will get to buy a copy.

Consider this scenario. You receive an email at 3AM saying that more copies are available. By the time you’re awake at 8AM, they are already sold out. This scenario is basically what happened with the first batch of copies.

I don’t mean to be too much of a downer. It’s reasonable to be optimistic. But a wait list is far, far from a guaranteed chance to order it.

@Ralizah

I suspect that sales of SquareEnix games are very low on Xbox, probably because most of their games were on GamesPass.

@Levantine

I think people are freaking out for a couple reasons:

1) $75 is above the standard price for a physical Switch game

2). The physical game is a SquareEnix store exclusive, with high shipping and limited quantities.

Overall, if this was readily available at retail stores, I doubt the $75 price would be considered as big of a deal.

@Shoyomon

Digitally, 100%, if you wait for a sale you can get these cheap.

Physically, I expect these to increase in price if they remain a SquareEnix store exclusive and sell out.

@MatthewTaranto

Was thinking the exact same thing. Savoury or salty feels like an obvious choice.

How can they have missed out on salty? There's tons of salty snacks and dishes. People crave salt.

It’s nice to see people excited about Virtua Fighter, but unfortunately the Genesis version is awful. Hopefully the Yakuza games eventually come to Switch. Some of those games have the full arcade version of Virtua Fighter or Virtua Fighter 2 in them.

@Doomcrow

Physical SEGA games seem to go on sale almost immediately these days. Persona 5 Royal, Sonic Frontiers, SMTV, 13 Sentinels and Lost Judgment are all recent examples of this. With that said, these immediate sales seem to be mainly for the physical copies. Since these games are digital-only they may not go on sale as frequently.